• News,  Sports

    Ken Starr’s First Year as Baylor President

    Here’s a really interesting article from The Texas Tribune about Ken Starr’s first year as president of Baylor University. In a nutshell, most view his first year as an unexpected success. Starr has won over his critics and has spent an inordinate amount of time negotiating with other presidents how to keep the Big 12 together. Oh, he’s also joined a Baptist church. Read the rest here.

  • News

    Jeff Bezos Unveils the Kindle Fire

    Jeff Bezos unveiled the Kindle Fire this morning. It is a 7-inch Android tablet, and it only costs $199. It is optimized for media consumption (video, music, books, etc.), but it does not have much capability by way of media creation (no camera, no microphone, etc.). It only has 8 GB of memory because the creators are assuming that most content will be accessed from the Amazon cloud. This device is not designed to compete with the iPad. But it will give the Nook a run for its money. For the full story and more pictures, click here.

  • Christianity,  News

    Rob Bell Resigns from Mars Hill

    The elders at Mars Hill Bible Church have announced that Rob Bell is resigning from the pastorate of the congregation he founded 12 years ago. Sarah Pulliam Bailey has the scoop. Here’s a bit from the statement that the elders posted on the church’s website: Feeling the call from God to pursue a growing number of strategic opportunities, our founding pastor Rob Bell, has decided to leave Mars Hill in order to devote his full energy to sharing the message of God’s love with a broader audience. It is with deeply mixed emotions that we announce this transition to you. We have always understood, encouraged, and appreciated the variety of…

  • Culture,  News

    The Moth Is Coming to Louisville

    I think I’ve mentioned before on this blog that I listen regularly to “The Moth”—a non-profit organization and radio broadcast dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It began in New York and has been dubbed “New York’s hottest and hippest literary ticket.”The Moth features live storytelling without notes. Its shows are featured throughout the country on National Public Radio, but I get my weekly fix from “The Moth” podcast. If you like storytelling representing a wide-range of human experience, then The Moth is for you.

  • Christianity,  Culture,  News

    Where Were You on September 16, 2001?

    This Sunday will mark the tenth anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the United States. Like every other American, I will never forget where I was and what I was doing when I heard news of the attacks. My wife and I had only been married a year, and we had just moved to Louisville, Kentucky so that I could pursue a Ph.D. I had a seminar that afternoon and was still at home when the attacks happened. My wife called me from work to tell me to turn the television on. I think both buildings had already been struck by the time I tuned in, but I was…